Coach Finstock: Friendly reminder that Ronald Reagan was called senile so often it became a running gag on SNL and the late night shows. He then won 49 of 50 states in the 1984 election.

Friendly reminder that Ronald Reagan was called senile so often it became a running gag on SNL and the late night shows. He then won 49 of 50 states in the 1984 election.

Leaded gasoline was a helluva drug

We’re bringing it back strongly! Especially after they’re overturned Chevron.

From what I've been told, the CAA isn't really at risk so much as the CWA is. bsky.app/profile/2fac...

I think the important things here are now "How does your federal circuit want to interpret the exact wording of the CWA?" All the stuff you cited is very clearly spelled out in CAA.

And fucked over the nation for generations in the process, sadly.

The nation wasn't fucked because he had dementia...it was fucked over because he implemented Republican policy preferences. Anti union, trickle down economics, anti environmental, pro military-industrial complex, defunding primary public education, "states' rights"....

Conservatism is a senile ideology.

Conservatism really is what happens when cognitive function is impaired, there's been studies on it.

Like, still. I was 13-14 and *I* knew he was a bad idea.

💯💯😫😭😭🤬🤬

Even though - and I feel this is very important to keep in mind - he actually was senile.

Not until he was re-elected.

His age and competence did come up as early as the GOP primaries, however. His senility wasn’t as obvious in 1980, but evidence of something wrong started piling up well before the 1984 campaign. It was just 6 months in when he didn’t recognize a Cabinet Secretary. www.cbsnews.com/news/reagans...

Friendly reminder that Reagan's approval ratings were above 50% the entire year of 1984, and in the upper 50s by June.

No president is going to have approval above 50% for the foreseeable future.

This is true, but only because no president will have any desire to try. I think a lot of people forget that Biden was extremely popular for his first 100 days

No he wasn’t? You can just look this stuff up: projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approv... High water mark was about 55%.

why can people on this site not read man I really don't get it

It's not exactly reasonable to expect universal agreement that 55% is "extremely popular"

No desire to try? How does a normal president appeal to the kind of person who would vote for Trump?

well for one you don't actually need to, he's at ~40% favorability right now; the best way to win an election is to appeal to those who don't have a candidate yet that being said if you do want to appeal to trump voters he's winning on every issue except abortion right now so he could work on that

Hey Ho Way to go Minnesoto ..For real

obamna???? SODA!!!!!!!!!!!

Plus D.C.!

Wooo DC Statehood for you

I'm so glad my home state rules 😭 It just wasn't enough...

Yeah good showing!

I don't think Biden has Reagan's '84 approval rating

oh great, more "friendly reminders". i'm starting to think these reminders aren't so friendly!

Fun fact: MN hasn't voted GOP for president since 1972. We're better than all of you.

Yeah, and he WAS senile and destroyed the fucking country because Wall Street pulled his strings

I mean, people wanted to elect a right wing Republican, he ran as one, he governed as one?

Bush governed the Reagan's picked out China.

And? What a terrible example. Ronald Reagan was a piece of shit. Personally, I think we need a strong candidate to beat Donald Trump but who knows maybe I’m wrong and we can just put forward senile old man who can barely talk and barely walk. I’m sure that’ll work out fine.

I'm trying to understand if you're using Reagan as a favorable comparison to Biden or not. If so.... REAGAN, of ALL FUCKING PEOPLE?!? I don't want 4 more years of "Enables Israel's genocide of Palestinians, continues to allow Cop Cities to be built and doesn't do anything for the people."

“Why doesn’t the federal executive control red state priorities?” is really more of problem with your understanding than it is a problem with the President.

He's saying Reagan won, man. That's it. Take your foot off the gas for a sec.

Bless your heart if you believe trump's going to do anything "for the people."

If your only requirement is that then it's no wonder his disapproval rating is so high.

It's not my only hope, but versus voting for someone perfectly happy to blow up life as we have known it, it's enough.

Biden participates in *ACTIVE GENOCIDE* by arming and funding Israel's crusade against Palestinians. Nothing is off the table with him.

Not even close to being remotely comparable

Is there video footage of his brain failing on the debate stage?

Were they calling him senile before he was elected?

Yes. And he even had moments like Biden did during the 84 debates.

Time to take a nap. I read this, and for a second was like, “There were EIGHTY-FOUR DIFFERENT DEBATES?!??!” 😂

I mean, that's the advantage of that system: how many people are REALLY going to be watching you stumble over your answer in debate #74?

Oh god. Could you imagine if we had 84 debates in this election cycle?! Turns out things COULD be worse!

Who *wouldn't* have moments like Biden, right???

Both ways, through the snow!

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